blood supply to the legs via the iliac arteries. Ischemic heart disease (Angina Pectoris)– occlusion in the coronary arteries Myocardial infarction (heart attack) – death of myocardial tissue caused by the inefficient blood supply. Transient ischemic attack (affects the neurological function of the brain) – impaired neurologic function due to inadequate blood flow to parts of the brain. Cerebrovascular accident (CVA) – also known as a stroke‚ occurs when the brain is damaged by the lack of blood
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Clinical grading scales play an important role in the evaluation and management of adult patients with acute neurological disorders‚ especially in hemorrhagic stroke.8‚ 9 In pediatric ICH‚ we demonstrated that a specifically dedicated to childhood ICH Score‚ the NICH Score‚ may be used as a clinical tool to predict 12-months outcome. A NICH Score of ≥5‚ ≥6 and ≥7/13 is sensitive for predicting‚ respectively‚ moderate disability or worse‚ severe disability or worse and vegetative state or death at
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aneurysms in the lungs‚ blindness‚ and meningitis. • Moyamoya Disease: A brain blood vessel disorder. Symptoms include stroke‚ seizures‚ speech deficits‚ vision problems‚ and more. • Meningococcal Disease: A serious infectious disease that can be life threatening and can result in permanent complications and coma‚ shock‚ and even death. • Ischemic Heart Disease: A disease caused by reduced blood flow to the heart. Symptoms include chest pain‚ orthopnoea‚ and more.
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Chief Complaint Followup for inpatient stay for "complicated migraine". History Patient is a 54-year-old right-handed white female who has a long history of migraine headaches. She states she had headaches as a child. When she started having her menses‚ they became menstrually related. It would also occur during ovulation. For a while‚ she was on Topamax and other medications. She went through menopause four years ago with a marked decrease in her migraine frequency. She did note that in
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Aphasia is a group of acquired neurogenic language disorders resulting from brain damage‚ typically in the left hemisphere which controls language. The disorders consists of varying levels of impairment in reading comprehension‚ written expression‚ spoken language comprehension‚ and spoken language expression (Aphasia: Overview‚ 2015). An individual with aphasia may also have co-occurring cognitive deficits such as auditory and visual agnosia‚ visual field deficits‚ or even memory and executive
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Analgesics Analgesics‚ or painkillers‚ come in many varieties. Most consumers know the various brand names‚ but may not know that they are in different pharmacological classifications. For instance‚ Tylenol and Motrin are two drugs that behave differently on the human body to achieve similar results. While most consumers do not think about what they put into their bodies‚ maybe they should. They would find that the various painkillers could markedly affect the body differently. The most popular
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(Alzheimer’s Association). Alzheimer’s contains a high number of hallmark abnormalities‚ including “deposits of the protein fragment beta-amyloid and twisted strands of the protein tau” (Alzheimer’s Association). Vascular dementia is typically caused by strokes and/or instances that cause blood vessel complications‚ and dementia with lewy bodies contains clumps of alpha-synuclein on the cortex (“Dementia”). Furthermore‚ there is mixed dementia‚ Parkinson’s disease dementia‚ and frontotemporal dementia that
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study will focus on protecting patients from falls and fall-related injuries after stroke. At first I would identify the patients who are at great risk of fall currently and after going back to the community. I will use the Morse Fall Risk Assessment (MFA) to initially identify fall risk patients in my unit. In fact at Acute Rehab Unit all patients are considered to be at high risk of fall‚ there is no question about stroke patients. CDC’s Injury Center has created a tool kit‚ called STEADI (Stopping
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A migraine headache is a recurrent throbbing headache that usually affects one side of the head and is usually accompanied by nausea and disturbed vision. Migraine headaches can cause pain that can last for hours to days and can be so severe that all you can think about is spending some time in a dark‚ quiet place. Migraines can be accompanied by warning signs‚ like flashing lights‚ or tinging in your arm or legs. Usually patients with chronic headache often do not come back to normal neurologic
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Introduction In this paper I will be discussing a patient who at 49 years of age became incapacitated by a left sided cerebrovascular accident (CVA) following a motor vehicle accident. To keep her identity completely confidential‚ I will be referring to her as Mary. I will not refer to any medical staff or buildings by name for this same reason. Mary had two seizures while in hospital recovering from the motor vehicle accident (MVA). Mary ’s recovery was progressing normally but was compromised
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